Answer:
Forty million years ago, the continent of India, which was being carried northward by the Indo-Australian plate, collided with Asia forming the Himalayan mountain range (fold mountains). Since the initial encounter, the subcontinent of India has moved 2,000 kilometers farther north at a rate of 5 centimeters a year, sliding beneath Asia as it moves. In 10 million years India will plow into Tibet a further 180km. This is about the width of Nepal.
